[ALARCÃO, Rui Figueiredo de].

@[Caption title]: Relaçam da victoria que o general da cavallaria Francisco de Mello Mo[n]teiro mòr do Reyno teve dos Castelhanos, nos campos de Badajoz, dia do glorioso Sanctiago do presente anno de 1642.

      [colophon]: Lisbon, Na Officina de Domingos Lopes Rosa, 1642. Elegant woodcut initial "T" on recto of first leaf. [4 ll.]. 8º, disbound. Upper margin cut short, but never touching text. Single pinpoint wormhole in lower inner margins, never affecting the text. A bit of light toning. Overall a good to very good copy. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Describes an engagement on 24 July, 1642, as well as events immediately leading up to said engagement, as well as events following it in the vicinities of Olivença, Badajoz and Elvas on the Portuguese-Spanish frontier.Arouca A82. Innocêncio XVIII, 183. Fonseca, @Restauração 163. @Exposição bibliográfica da Restauração 1181. Trindade @Restauração 146. Palha 3129. Azevedo-Samodães 2686. Ameal 937. Porbase cites a copy in the Biblioteca Nacional, Lisboa (in poor condition), and another, from the colleciton of the Visconde da Trindade, in the Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra ("aparado").